20th November 2025

We were thrilled to welcome to our offices this week members of the second cohort in our partnership with social enterprise Creative Access in  for a touchpoint brunch to mark the launch of the Thrive 2025-2026 career development programme.

The 3-year-partnership, set up on Lee & Thompson’s 40th anniversary, aims to tackle the barriers to progression often faced by freelancers from under-represented groups within the creative sectors, through the funding of a wide-ranging training programme as well as in-house legal training and networking facilitation.

This year’s freelancer group includes producers, directors, designers, writers, performers, illustrators, editors, composers and marketers.

The  brunch was the cohort’s first  opportunity to meet in person for a morning of introduction and speed meetings. The session also featured a roundtable discussion on key legal considerations with L&T Partner Will Everitt and Associate Pia Hutchinson, clarifying pressing issues to the group such as freelancer terms and conditions, getting paid and chasing invoices, and distributing original content through online platforms such as Spotify.

Find out more about our collaboration with Creative Access here.